Does anybody have a link to or other information for variable names used in the tool libraries? I.e. {$diameter}, {$flutes}, etc.I'd like to modify the naming macros especially for V-cutters. I've discovered by trial and error {$veeangle} but can't quite hit the shank diameter. Which is more important than {$profile} because V-cutters are in the 'V-cutters' section of the library but shank diameter determines the depth a V-cutter can go to.

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Hi Eddy,those are the property names (the way I understand it). But names used for the macro are all lower case an preceded by a '$' sign. I tried {$shankdiameter}, {$shank_diameter}, {$shank} but they are not recognized and are being attached to the name as a literal string.

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HI DragonFlyI'm in the middle of a quick plugin to" Break the edges" of the stock before it comes of the mill and have used the variables from the tool library to calculate the depth at which to cut a chamfer of a certain width around the stock so that I don't cut myself, as with some parts it is quite difficult to do this by hand.so exactly what are you going to do with the diameter value.Dave

Hi Dave,currently I don't plan any special usage except a visual reminder when selecting the tool. This applies mostly to V-cutters as I have and use tools with equal tip width and V-angle but different shank diameter. I've managed without it until now so no big issue but I'd like to make my tool libraries neat and organized, and more informative.Your plugin is interesting as I also have to do chamfering sometimes and do the calculations with a calculator in hand.

What I've discovered recently is that in 'Engrave' MOP CB calculates the width of cut at top of stock using the V-angle. But instead of the actual set cut depth it uses the depth increment and when those two parameter differ it displays the tool path with a wrong width. I've written about this in the bug report section but it seems nobody is interested to test for confirmation or rejection. Or maybe my conclusion is all wrong.

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I had a look at the engrave mop displayed cut width, so what I did was made a unit cutter <45 deg with a 1 mm dia "so that every 1 mm in depth gave an integer result (in cut width) and drew this to one side so that I could instantly see what was going on.I then discovered that the only thing that effected the (displayed cut width) was the cutter dia.So yes you are onto something here.Dave